Card for pencils and the like



Feb. 27, 1923.

L. W. FABER. CARD FOR PENCILS AND THE LIKE.

FILED AUG. 4| 192|.

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tain a simple and inexpensive construction- Ilatented Feb. 2.7, 1,923. l

UNITED, lSTATES PATENT oFFlcE.

Lorman. W. FABER, or NEW Yoan, N. Y., Ass'IGNon 'ro -Eanannnn `mima PENCIL f COMPANY, 'A vcoarozitarxoia or NEW Yoan.

CARD FOB. PENCILS .AND THE LIKE.

To all whom it may concern .York and State of lNew York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cards for Pencils and the like, of which the following is a specification.

The objects of this invention are to provide an improved card for holding pencils, penholders and similar articles, for purposes of displaying, assembling, packing, storing, shipping or the like, so that a given number of pencils, such' as a dozen, can be retained in proper and orderly relation to each other and to other similar units; to obwhich shall be efficient and of a neatand pleasing appearance; yto enable the empty cards to be collapsed into small space and thus conveniently stored and shipped; to secure a card which shall display both ends of the penciland engagethe same only intermediate its ends; to provide a 'firm and secure` engagement of the pencils by the card andone which increases under the weight of several cards packed together` and which tends to relax again when the cards are separated and handled singly; to secure `such a. holding strip composed of a single piece ofmaterial and which needs to beattached vto the c ard only by one edge; to secure such a strip which presents a broad and stable front surface for engagement by other cards in packing, and to obtain other advantages and results as may be brought out by the following description.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like numeralsof reference indicate the same parts throughout the several Views,

'Figure 1 is a'front viewof a card of my improved construction with a dozen pencils mounted thereon;

Figure 2 is a vertical centralsection of the middle portionof the Vsame ;v

Figure 3is a similarsection showing a second card superposed upon the first, as in packing, and

` Fi re` 1 is a detail section takeny centrally and ongitudinally'of the holding strip, and looking upwardv in Figure 1.

In said drawings, 1 indicatesthe body portion of my improved card, which is preferably a sheet of cardboard although it might vbe made of anyi 'other suitable material.

Vas illustrated in the drawing Applicaties md .august 4, 1921. serial No. $9,745.

This card may be either a display card, with any known means for holdino` it upright, by the hole 2 for hangmg 1t up, or it may be solely for packing purposes, or it may be for both packing and display purposes as I have shown it to be.

This body portion 1 isA provided-with a holding strlp 3, which is shown as extending transversely of the body vportion about mldway between its top and bottom, although the holding strip canbe placed on the ody 'portion in any position desired. This holdin strip comprises a piece of sheet materia such as cardboard, which can be scored and bent to form anglesr which are .not rigid but will yield more or less with a hinge-actionl Any suitable `material can be used, but I have found that thin toughy cardboard answers the purpose very well.

A rectangular piece of such cardboard -isl taken, of a length desired to extend across the body portion l of the card, and this is b ent backward lalong lines 4, 5 at opposite sldes of its median longitudinal line so as to leave afront 6 of the desired breadth. Port1ons-7, 7 of the material which has been b ent backward are left in diverging relation, as shown, of a width suiricient to contain longitudinal series of openings .8 arranged 1n pairs of opposite and alined openings one 1n each inclined portion 7,. and each pair adapted to receive al neil 9 or similar article.v The material is urther bent forwardly and outwardl apart along lines 10, 11 substantially'paralel to the lines 4, 5 and correspondingly spaced from the rows of openings 8, so as to form-z. flanges 1'2, 12

which are adapted to lie in substantially the same plane, substantially. parallel to the plane of the front 6, and seat latwise upon the ,body portion 1 of "the card, as clearly' y l t he card, as` by eyelets 13, and the slant sides 7, 7 are preferably` of such width that pencils 9 carrled by them are lspaced both` fronrthe face ofthe body l1 of the card carrying'them and from the body 1 of a superposed card lying upon the front 6 as it does in packin A I t will be understood that' under the welght of a. superposed \card. or cardsv of right position, issecured to the body l of l, p

ncils, upon the front 6, the free base Hangs '12 slips somewhat and the slant sides 7, 7 tend to diverge more, causing them to grip more ti htly the pencilsv 9 in vtheir openings 8. shipment, the pencils are held very firmly against escape or displacement, and yet v when the are unpacked and the cards sepa-A rated indlvidual pencils can be removed with ease and facility. .Obviously to some extent, the weight of the pencils in a. 'card tends to spread the slant sides 7,- 7 of the holding strip and so cause the pencils tobe gripped in their openings 8, particularly if the card is Vhung up or supported in upright or nearly upright position, and this. action aids in` retaining the pencils.

As a matter of practice according as I make my holding strips 3 more flexible or less flexible, their gripping action upon the pencils is more or less, and thus I can com-` bine as desired the holding power of such gripping with the plain frictional engagement ofthe pencils in their holes. lt will also be observed that-pulling upon a pencil to withdraw it at the attached edge of the holding strip tends to cause the slant sides 7, 7 to approach and release the pencil. Ob-

viously, at all times thekgrip upon a pencil can be relaxed by pressing the slant sides together with ones fingers. 4

Various modifications and changes can be made in adapting my improved card to difbody portion, said holding strip having inhus when packed, and during I tatami y l clined sides projecting from the body portion, both apertured to receive a. pencil or the .like and being yielding toward and away from each other.

2. A card for pencils and the like, conilprising a. body portion and a holdin strip having at one edge a flange secured atwise to said body portion and being free at the other edge yto slide on said 'body portion, sald holdingstrip having inclined sides projecting from the body portion, rboth apertured to receive a pencil or the like and be- 1n yielding toward and awayfrom each other. f

3. A card for pencils and the like, compris-ing a body portion and a holding strip having opposlte base flanges seated flatwise i on said body portion, one of them secured thereto and the other free to slide thereon, said holding stri having inclined sides pro jecting from the?) to receive a pencil or the like and saidinclinedl sides being yielding toward and away from each other, f

ody portion and' apertured i 4. A card for pencils andthe like, comprising a body -portion and a holding strip secured at one edge to said body portion and free at the other edge to slide on said lbody portion, said holding strip having inclined sides projecting from the body portions and a front spacing said sides atea) distance from said body portion, said inclined sides being yielding toward and away from each other and apertured to receive a pencil or the like.

5. A card for pencils and the like, comprising a bodyv portion and a vholding strip secured at one edge to said body, portion and having at its other edge a flan free to slidel flatwise on said body portion, said holding'striphaving inclined sides projecting from the body portion fboth apertured to receive a -pencil or the like and being yielding toward'\and away from each other.

LOTHAR W. FABER. 

